I like the new album and await the new tour. The way some people knock the new album to me is just nonsense. I suspect that a few of those comments up there are the same guy (LOL) again from former threads. Get some medication amigo.
alan - 15 years ago
come on dave jump on board. you know you want to! or are you gonna be a drowning man(war) in the ocean(boy). dont worry u2 will go on with or without you!(joshua tree) but i,ll tell you one(achtung)thing. i will follow(boy).ha ha! give no line a chance. moment of surrender is one of bonos best lyrics to date! breathe is groundbreaking. and magnificent oozes everything u2 stand for. rock n roll! see the album as a collection of short stories. the traffic cop looking for his long lost love in no line and fez. the war corespondent in cedars of lebanon. the dying soldier in white as snow. and the soldier returning from war in moment of surrender and unknown caller! listen to it properly without your joshua tree and actung baby head on!
Dave - 15 years ago
LOL!!!! Eveb Better than the Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, and Lemon are terrible songs?!?!?! And I guess Crazy Tonight and Stand Up Comedy are classics huh? Too funny
alan - 15 years ago
just a note to karen. the old mcdonald thing doesnt wash with me. u2 have made some really really poor songs over the years.for example. even better than the real thing,mysterious ways,lemon,if god will send his angels. all pop trash to feed the masses and as far away from u2 as you can get. the last couple of albums they got back to there roots and into a comfort zone. ive become a lot more critical of u2 over the last few years. and with the delay of the album it was last chance saloon for bono and the boys and for me they had to produce the goods. it was actually the least anticipated album for me.but when it finally came it blew me away! i think all the negative comments are from people who are fed up with the whole bono preacher thing and not the band themselves.im looking forward to my first opening night at the nou camp next week. you lot can sit at home listening to the joshua tree,achtung baby,rattle and hum and all the other tunes that im praying they will never play again. exept for the b side of the joshua tree! its time to move on and get on board. im not ready to jump ship yet. im sailing all the way to barcelona for opening night for what im expecting to be the gig of a lifetime
Dave - 15 years ago
Im with you Karen.
"You know we'll go crazy;You know we'll go crazy; You know we'll go crazy...IF WE DONT GO CRAZY TONIGHT."........"Stop helpin God across the road like a little old lady"......"Cmon ye people, stand up then sit down for your love"......."YOU KNOW YOUR NAME SO TYPE IT IN"...."SHUSH NOW"....."Everybody needs to cry or needs to spit".
If the above is an example of their best since Achtung Baby....wow. I think there best since Achtung was Pop and its been downhill since. A handful of good songs on behind and maybe 3 good songs on the new one...but thats it.
ewan - 15 years ago
this album is the most complete album since achtung baby, therefore making it the best one since achtung baby. zooropa wasnt meant to be an album. it was supposed to be an ep, but it turned into an album. plus half of the song zooropa was recorded in a soundcheck. pop isnt really complete is it. although the underated album of their history, i like pop, but it isnt a loved album unlike the overated albums of behind and bomb.
the songs on horizon are fantastic and show how good players u2 are instead of writing a load of pop singles which happened from 2000-2005.
Karen - 15 years ago
"this new album is probably there best work since achtung baby." Are you kidding me? If any other band put this album out I would be willing to bet you would say how terrible it is. Since U2 put this album out, all of a sudden it's wonderful. Hell, Bono could sing 'old mcdonald had a farm....' and u would probably say how wonderful it is.
alan - 15 years ago
why all the negativity? ive seen u2 16 times and they still sound as fresh as ever. this new album is probably there best work since achtung baby. magnificent,moment of surrender,white as snow,breathe,unknown caller,stand up comedy and no line on the horizon are some of the best songs they have ever made. and i first saw the band in 1983 at the royal court in liverpool on the war tour! open your ears and listen to the music. and if not as bono once said"we might lose some of the pop kids!" but we dont need them!
Karen - 15 years ago
Been to 22 shows over the years and for the first time I can tell u this is the least excited I've ever been for a U2 tour. I 'might' go to one show just so I can say I've gone. I've been listening to NLOTH since it came out and I still can't believe MY band made this album.
Ariston - 15 years ago
U2 in small arenas is worth seeing, but stadiums, I don't think so, only expensive tickets for the devoted fan(atic)s, and rich are working in such an environment, otherwise you can do as well and being outside the stadium. I think stadium's decision is nothing but wanting more money for the band and other vampires around (live nation, etc.). Anybody remembers Elevation 2001, where for $45 you could touch Bono and see the band from GA. Now for at least double more you are going to see 4 ants on stage, with questionable sound in some cities. This will be more pilgrimage, than concert, and pretty expensive one, for aging band and jukebox, already heard. I think that NLOTH is not worth the tour, maybe next album, but hopes are not very high.
Dave - 15 years ago
I echo some of the above sentiment. The large stage is kinda neat, but it isnt going to make the new album any better.
dan - 15 years ago
they're celebrities, not rock stars. gimme the old u2 anyday over this crap they just put out.
chris - 15 years ago
I saw U2 in Budapest for the first time, July 1993. It was pure magic. But now, with a weak album and the badest opening single in the history of rock i will not pay again for tickets, flight etc. Enough with the bucks, they have to convince me again somehow
Joshua Burke - 15 years ago
I DID NOT sign up for U2.com for the pre-sale but still picked up 2 GA tickets for the Phoenix show. It took me 1 minute to log on to ticketmaster, and 5 minutes to get the confirmation email for 2 tickets.
David Garvib - 15 years ago
360 stage is staggering, if only they could be creative with the music as their stage designs it would be amazing, I just hope they pull the new songs off with a more exciting spin, even so the tour should be a classic!!
PogueBono - 15 years ago
U2 aren't coming to Australia, by the looks of it, so my answer was 0 :(
jack - 15 years ago
Too bad the album isn't as big as the stage. What a joke.
Sherry U. - 15 years ago
I have been a U2.com fan for a couple years now to where I first day advantage presale-- I had NO problems at all getting the tickets I wanted for this U2 360 Tour. I wanted two GA Field Tickets for Chicago on September 12th; and tickets went onsale at 10am CT time zone and I had two tickets purchased and confirmed via Ticketmaster at 10:10am!!! I can't wait for the show !
Scott - 15 years ago
I bought into the u2.com fan site five years ago with the promise of the "best seat in the house". I presumed that would mean GA. I got the next to worst seat in the house. I sat in a corner farthest from the stage in Chicago in the second highest row.
I have resigned myself to the fact that an ordinary schmuck like myself won't ever get a good seat unless you go broke buying on ebay and I refuse to do so. My family needs my cash worse than the band.
I do hope that the tour is successful and that U2 fans enjoy the shows. But I have seen enough U2 shows from the nosebleeds that I don't need to see another from the nosebleeds.
I like the new album and await the new tour. The way some people knock the new album to me is just nonsense. I suspect that a few of those comments up there are the same guy (LOL) again from former threads. Get some medication amigo.
come on dave jump on board. you know you want to! or are you gonna be a drowning man(war) in the ocean(boy). dont worry u2 will go on with or without you!(joshua tree) but i,ll tell you one(achtung)thing. i will follow(boy).ha ha! give no line a chance. moment of surrender is one of bonos best lyrics to date! breathe is groundbreaking. and magnificent oozes everything u2 stand for. rock n roll! see the album as a collection of short stories. the traffic cop looking for his long lost love in no line and fez. the war corespondent in cedars of lebanon. the dying soldier in white as snow. and the soldier returning from war in moment of surrender and unknown caller! listen to it properly without your joshua tree and actung baby head on!
LOL!!!! Eveb Better than the Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, and Lemon are terrible songs?!?!?! And I guess Crazy Tonight and Stand Up Comedy are classics huh? Too funny
just a note to karen. the old mcdonald thing doesnt wash with me. u2 have made some really really poor songs over the years.for example. even better than the real thing,mysterious ways,lemon,if god will send his angels. all pop trash to feed the masses and as far away from u2 as you can get. the last couple of albums they got back to there roots and into a comfort zone. ive become a lot more critical of u2 over the last few years. and with the delay of the album it was last chance saloon for bono and the boys and for me they had to produce the goods. it was actually the least anticipated album for me.but when it finally came it blew me away! i think all the negative comments are from people who are fed up with the whole bono preacher thing and not the band themselves.im looking forward to my first opening night at the nou camp next week. you lot can sit at home listening to the joshua tree,achtung baby,rattle and hum and all the other tunes that im praying they will never play again. exept for the b side of the joshua tree! its time to move on and get on board. im not ready to jump ship yet. im sailing all the way to barcelona for opening night for what im expecting to be the gig of a lifetime
Im with you Karen.
"You know we'll go crazy;You know we'll go crazy; You know we'll go crazy...IF WE DONT GO CRAZY TONIGHT."........"Stop helpin God across the road like a little old lady"......"Cmon ye people, stand up then sit down for your love"......."YOU KNOW YOUR NAME SO TYPE IT IN"...."SHUSH NOW"....."Everybody needs to cry or needs to spit".
If the above is an example of their best since Achtung Baby....wow. I think there best since Achtung was Pop and its been downhill since. A handful of good songs on behind and maybe 3 good songs on the new one...but thats it.
this album is the most complete album since achtung baby, therefore making it the best one since achtung baby. zooropa wasnt meant to be an album. it was supposed to be an ep, but it turned into an album. plus half of the song zooropa was recorded in a soundcheck. pop isnt really complete is it. although the underated album of their history, i like pop, but it isnt a loved album unlike the overated albums of behind and bomb.
the songs on horizon are fantastic and show how good players u2 are instead of writing a load of pop singles which happened from 2000-2005.
"this new album is probably there best work since achtung baby." Are you kidding me? If any other band put this album out I would be willing to bet you would say how terrible it is. Since U2 put this album out, all of a sudden it's wonderful. Hell, Bono could sing 'old mcdonald had a farm....' and u would probably say how wonderful it is.
why all the negativity? ive seen u2 16 times and they still sound as fresh as ever. this new album is probably there best work since achtung baby. magnificent,moment of surrender,white as snow,breathe,unknown caller,stand up comedy and no line on the horizon are some of the best songs they have ever made. and i first saw the band in 1983 at the royal court in liverpool on the war tour! open your ears and listen to the music. and if not as bono once said"we might lose some of the pop kids!" but we dont need them!
Been to 22 shows over the years and for the first time I can tell u this is the least excited I've ever been for a U2 tour. I 'might' go to one show just so I can say I've gone. I've been listening to NLOTH since it came out and I still can't believe MY band made this album.
U2 in small arenas is worth seeing, but stadiums, I don't think so, only expensive tickets for the devoted fan(atic)s, and rich are working in such an environment, otherwise you can do as well and being outside the stadium. I think stadium's decision is nothing but wanting more money for the band and other vampires around (live nation, etc.). Anybody remembers Elevation 2001, where for $45 you could touch Bono and see the band from GA. Now for at least double more you are going to see 4 ants on stage, with questionable sound in some cities. This will be more pilgrimage, than concert, and pretty expensive one, for aging band and jukebox, already heard. I think that NLOTH is not worth the tour, maybe next album, but hopes are not very high.
I echo some of the above sentiment. The large stage is kinda neat, but it isnt going to make the new album any better.
they're celebrities, not rock stars. gimme the old u2 anyday over this crap they just put out.
I saw U2 in Budapest for the first time, July 1993. It was pure magic. But now, with a weak album and the badest opening single in the history of rock i will not pay again for tickets, flight etc. Enough with the bucks, they have to convince me again somehow
I DID NOT sign up for U2.com for the pre-sale but still picked up 2 GA tickets for the Phoenix show. It took me 1 minute to log on to ticketmaster, and 5 minutes to get the confirmation email for 2 tickets.
360 stage is staggering, if only they could be creative with the music as their stage designs it would be amazing, I just hope they pull the new songs off with a more exciting spin, even so the tour should be a classic!!
U2 aren't coming to Australia, by the looks of it, so my answer was 0 :(
Too bad the album isn't as big as the stage. What a joke.
I have been a U2.com fan for a couple years now to where I first day advantage presale-- I had NO problems at all getting the tickets I wanted for this U2 360 Tour. I wanted two GA Field Tickets for Chicago on September 12th; and tickets went onsale at 10am CT time zone and I had two tickets purchased and confirmed via Ticketmaster at 10:10am!!! I can't wait for the show !
I bought into the u2.com fan site five years ago with the promise of the "best seat in the house". I presumed that would mean GA. I got the next to worst seat in the house. I sat in a corner farthest from the stage in Chicago in the second highest row.
I have resigned myself to the fact that an ordinary schmuck like myself won't ever get a good seat unless you go broke buying on ebay and I refuse to do so. My family needs my cash worse than the band.
I do hope that the tour is successful and that U2 fans enjoy the shows. But I have seen enough U2 shows from the nosebleeds that I don't need to see another from the nosebleeds.